I decided against writing a piece, but I think I actually engage honestly with Koch’s claims. I think there’s a strong case that Charles Koch has done more harm than almost anyone alive in the last 40 years, which I make in the piece. If you’d like more evidence for this, I recommend the book Dark Money.
If you can point to specific things you think I got wrong, I’d be happy to hear them. If we can’t be honest about the impact and motivations of people as odious as Charles Koch, I think we should reevaluate some things.
I wouldn’t have approached writing about Musk in the same way for a few reasons:
I wasn’t writing the CA piece in the hopes that Koch would read it and change his ways.
Musk has been sympathetic to EA ideas in the past and seems more genuinely motivated to help others (in his own way) than Koch
His core business may actually be net positive, while Koch’s is almost certainly not.
I decided against writing a piece, but I think I actually engage honestly with Koch’s claims. I think there’s a strong case that Charles Koch has done more harm than almost anyone alive in the last 40 years, which I make in the piece. If you’d like more evidence for this, I recommend the book Dark Money.
If you can point to specific things you think I got wrong, I’d be happy to hear them. If we can’t be honest about the impact and motivations of people as odious as Charles Koch, I think we should reevaluate some things.
I wouldn’t have approached writing about Musk in the same way for a few reasons:
I wasn’t writing the CA piece in the hopes that Koch would read it and change his ways.
Musk has been sympathetic to EA ideas in the past and seems more genuinely motivated to help others (in his own way) than Koch
His core business may actually be net positive, while Koch’s is almost certainly not.